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"an engaging, steadfast Steven Culp" ~ BroadwayWorld |
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"Steven Culp giving a richly nuanced performance" ~ Theatermania |
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"Steven Culp in an understated, appealing performance" ~ North County Time |
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"Steven Culp is rock-solid as her husband, who attempts to ground his son in reality bolstered with affection." ~ Daily Pilot |
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"Buckley and Culp have wonderfully real moments throughout, even if they often seem stymied when required to assail Franklin on one page and offer a helping hand on the next." ~ Variety |
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"Steven Culp's Lawrence and Candy Buckley's Lydia are two starkly contrasting manifestations of mid-life disappointment. Culp is a picture of quiet desperation, a man who channels his rage into ostensibly well-meaning advice to his sons." ~ The Orange County Register |
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"As Lawrence, an excellent Steven Culp creates a father who only thinks he knows best, and if you believe you'll be able to predict either Mom's or Dad's reactions to their son's coming out (or his dreams to study Creative Writing at NYU), think again." ~ Stage Scene Los Angeles |
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Steven Culp, who plays Franklin's father Lawrence, appeared on stage and I admit I thought "It's Bree's dead husband from Desperate Housewives! Neat!" Upon reading his bio I should not have been surprised: Mr. Culp evenly balances his work between film/television and theater. I thought Mr. Culp gave an admirable performance as a man who radiates bitterness, love and "everything will be fine" at the same time. I cannot decide if the casting was to type or brilliant but either way it worked! ~ Orange County Reader |
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"Franklin's parents are played by Steven Culp and Candy Buckley. "Desperate Housewives" fans should recognize Culp as Bree's ill-fated first husband, Rex, and Culp once again plays a husband with a domineering wife in this show."
But Culp is more than a frustrated milquetoast here. He does a nice job playing a man who genuinely loves his kids, particularly his bizarre youngest son. Lawrence Robertson just fails as a parent because he lacks the vision to see that not all compromises are inevitable, and that his own life would have been more satisfying had he not given up so soon. ~ Press-Telegramm Long Beach |
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